Button device



s. COHEN ANDA.- n. vFOER'STER.4

' BUTTON DEVICE,

APPLICATION FILED AUG-.27.1919- 1,353,725 ratendsept. 21,1920.

ARTHUR R. Fonns'rnn, citizens of the Unitedy SAMUEL COHEN D ARTHUR B).FUER/STER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.l

BUTTON DEVICE.

Application filed August 27, 1919i SeralNo. 320,114.

To aZZ 'whom t may concern: g

Be it known that we, SAMUEL COHEN and States, and residing at New York,in the county of New York and State of .New York, have invented certainnewand useful L Improvements in Button Devices, of which the followingis a specification, such as will enable those skilled in thel art towhich it appertains'to make and use the same.

This invention relatesto button devices and particularly to what areknown as colv discoloring or poisoning of the neck vof the wearer aswell as to prevent the binding and pinching of the neck of the wearerin` the use of the collar button; and with this and other objects inview the invention con.n sists in al device of the class and for thepurpose specified, constructed and operating as hereinafter describedand claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhichthe accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts ofour improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in eachofthe views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view ofone of ourimprovedcollar buttons showing the same on an enlarged scale;

Fig; 2 a central longitudinal section through the complete button; and,

Figj3 aview similarto Fig. 2 but showing only al detail of theconstruction and showing such detail on an enlarged scale.

In practice, we provide a main button `member 5 which vis of the usualgeneral form and preferably composedwof sheet` metal fashioned to formva hollow and approximately spherical' head 6, avreduced neck y7 and anenlarged base 8, the bottomy 9V of vrwhich is provided with a centralopening 10.

A supplemental button member 11 is loosely mounted in connection withthe main 'button member'` and comprises inner and outer disks 12 and 13,the diskv 13 being of slightly 'greater diameter than the disk 12, Y andtheseV disks aresecured together by a central shank portion v14l whichpasses through and is adapted to operate in the aperture 10.

Mounted on, the disk'13-of the supplemental button member 11 is an outerfibrous specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sepitl, 1920.

of the disk 13 in the form of an annular flange 18 which isapproximately hookshapcd in form in cross section. j.

In securing the fibrous sheet 15 in connection with the disk 13, asuitable padding19 is first placedv between said sheet and disk 16, thispadding being preferably composed of sponge rubber but may be composedof any other suitable padding material. After the padding 19 has beenplaced in position,

around the periphery of the flange 17 of the disk 16 in the mannerillustrated Ain `dotted lines in Fig. 3, after which the disk 13 isplaced within the cup-shaped disk 16 and the edge'portions ofthe sheet15 are folded' the flange 17 bent overand around the periphery of thevdisk -13 'as hereinbefore stated and as clearly shown in Fig, 3. i v.

The above operation securely binds the fibrous or fabric sheet 15 inconnectionwith the disk13 ofthe supplemental button member 11 and holdsthe padding 19 in proper position on the outer face of the disk 13.- Itwill belseen that the disk 12 of the supplementali button member is freetom`ovel laterally as well as inwardly and outwardly 1.

within the buttonmember 5, orthe base 8 thereof, and is yalso free torotate therein.

Wealso preferably employ a spiral spring l2() which is placed in thebase 8 ofthe button 5 and operates between the reducedneck 7 of thebutton member 5 and the disk 12Iof` the supplemental ,button member 11.

It will be understood that our improved button device, in addition, toits free `and unbinding action when in use is also sani-k ,p

tary in use and by using a suitable padding 15 on-the outer facek of theysupplemental kbutton member 11, said buttonmember will tend'to vabsorbany moisture that/may be present and will prevent the discoloring of .l

the -neck'of the wearer, and said supplemental button member will freelymove within the buttonpmember 5 in the twisting or turning of the neck,and will always adjust itself to a positionv which will be comfortableto thewearer. lt will also-be apparent that while 'we have shown thesupplemental but- .tonV memberl applied to a specific form andconstruction ofjthe main button member 5,

our invention is not necessarilylimited to this extent, and variouschanges in and modifications of the construction herein shown anddescribed may be made, within the scope of the appended claims withoutdeparting from the spirit of our invention or sacrificing itsadvantages.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A device of the class described comprising a main button memberhaving a head at vone end and an enlarged and hollow base at the otherend thereof, and a supplemental button member comprising two headsjoined by a shank, one of the heads of the supplemental button memberbeing ,mounted in the hollow base of the main button member andpermanently retained therein in such manner as to permit of lateral,rotatable and inward and outward movements of said supplemental buttonmember in the main button member.

2. A device of the class described comprising aV main button member anda supplemental button member loosely mounted in connection with the baseportion of said main button member, and the outer face of saidsupplemental button member being provided with a fibrous covering.

3. A device of the class described com.- prisi'ng a main button memberand a supplemental button member loosely mounted in connection with thekbase portion of saidv main button member, and the outer face of saidsupplemental button member being provided with a fibrous coveringbetween which and the face of said supplemental button member is asuitable padding.

4. A device of the class described comprising a main button member, asupplemental button member loosely mounted in connection with the baseportion of the main button member, and a spring mounted within the mainbutton member and adapted to normally move the supl'ilen'iental buttonmember outwardly. Y

5. A device of the 'class vdescribed comprising a main button member, asupplemental button member loosely mounted in connection with the baseportion of the main button member, a spring mounted within the mainbutton member and adapted to normally move the supplemental buttonmember outwardly, and means on said supplemental button member forholding it against detachment from said main'button member.

6. A device of the class described comprising a main button member, asupplemental button member loosely mounted in connection with the baseportion of the main button member, a spring mounted within the mainbutton member and adapted to normally move the supplemental buttonmember outwardly, and means on said supplemental button member forholding it against detachment from said main button member and theprotruding portion of said supplemental button member being providedwith a fabric covering.

7. A device of the class described comprising a main button member, asupplemental button member loosely mounted in connection with the baseportion of the main. button member, a spring mounted within the mainbutton member and adapted to normally move the'supplemental buttonlmember outwardly, means on said supplemental button member for holdingit against detachment from said'main button member and the protrudingportion of said supplemental button member being provided with a fabriccovering, and means for securing said covering in connection with saidsupplemental button member.

8. A device of the classV described comprising a main button member, asupplemental button member loosely mounted in connection with the baseportion of the main button member, a spring mounted within the mainbutton member and adapted to normally move the supplen'lent'al buttonmember outwardly, means on said supplemental button member for holdingit against detacl'nnent from said main button iember and the protrudingportion of said supplemental button member being provided with a fabriccovering, means for securing said covering in connection with saidsupplemental button member, and a suitable padding mounted within saidfabric coverin Y i 9. A collar button of the class described comprisinga main button member, a supplemental button member comprising two disksjoined by a reduced neck portion, one of said disks being permanentlyretained within the base portion of the main button member and freelymovable therein, and the other of said disks being provided with afibrous covering.

10. A device of the class described com-- prising a main button membervconsisting of a head,ra Ashank and a hollow base, and a supplementalbutton member loosely and permanently. mounted in the hollow base of themain button member and .provided outwardly of said base with adisk-shaped head.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signedour names in presence of the subscribing witn nesses this 26th day rofAugust 1919.

SAMUEL COHEN. c ARTHUR R. FOERSTER. Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON.

